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Version 2016.1. 25 April 2016. Added North American Coastal Plains hotspot (Noss, R.F., Platt, W.J., Sorrie, B.A., Weakley, A.S., Means, D.B., Costanza, J., and Peet, R.K. (2015). How global biodiversity hotspots may go unrecognized: lessons from the North American Coastal Plain. Diversity and Distributions, 21, 236244.) Hotspot boundary modified to remove overlap with Mesoamerica and Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands hotspots.

Version 2016. 4 April 2016. Version 2011 with updated Eastern Afromontane hotspot boundary based on improved elevation data (Eastern Afromontane Outcomes profile, BirdLife International, 2016).

Version 2011. Added Forests of Eastern Australia hotspot (Full set of 35 hotspots: Mittermeier, R. A., Turner, W. R., Larsen, F. W., Brooks, T. M., & Gascon, C. (2011). Global biodiversity conservation: The critical role of hotspots. In F. E. Zachos & J. C. Habel (Eds.), Biodiversity Hotspots (pp. 322). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer. New hotspot: Williams, K. J., Ford, A., Rosauer, D. F., Silva, N., Mittermeier, R. A., Bruce, C.,  Margules, C. (2011). Forests of East Australia: The 35th biodiversity hotspot. In F. E. Zachos & J. C. Habel (Eds.), Biodiversity Hotspots (pp. 295310). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer.).

Version 2004. Hotspots Revisited (Mittermeier, R. A., Robles Gil, P., Hoffmann, M., Pilgrim, J., Brooks, T., Mittermeier, C. G.,  da Fonseca, G. A. B. (2004). Hotspots Revisited: Earths Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Ecoregions (p. 390). Mexico City, Mexico: CEMEX.)

Version 2000. Hotspots (Myers, N., Mittermeier, R. A., Mittermeier, C. G., da Fonseca, G. A. B., & Kent, J. (2000). Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities. Nature, 403, 853858.)

